Railway device.



A. MARTIN.

RAILWAY DEVICE.

APPLIUATION FILED APB. 9. 1909.

Patented 0ct.5,1909.

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RAILWAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

Application filed April 9, 1909. Serial No. 488,826.

To alt whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALBnnTis MARTIN, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Oquawla, county of Henderson, and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RailwayDevices, of which the following is a specicatioii.

My invention relates to rail fastening devices and more specifically tometallic devices designed for employment with particularly concrete orcement ties for fastening track rails thereto.

The object of my invention is to provide a device of the charactermentioned which will be adapted to be readily and easily arranged forcooperation with a tie and track rails and from which, after beingarranged for operation, the rails may be readily disengaged or removed.

A further object is to provide a device of such character which will beetlicient, strong, durable and comparatively simple of construction,hence of low cost to manufacture.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

Tith these objects in view my invention consists in a rail fastening'device characterized as above mentioned and in certain details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts all as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

.My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying` part of this specification, and in which,

Figure l is a top plan view of a series of ties provided with thepreferred form of embodiment of my invention, illustrating' a section oftrack arranged thereon, F ig. 2 is a perspective view of my devicedetached, and 4ig. 3 is an enlarged vertical longitudinal section takenon substantially the line x .fa of Fig. l.

Referring now to the drawings l indicates a preferably concrete orcement rail tie arranged upon the upper surface of which is my improvedrail fastening device 2. Comprised in my device are substantiallysimilar angularly formed preferably sheet metal plates 3 and 4, theadjacent end portions 5 and 6 respectively of which overlap. The endportion 5 of the member 3 is formed upon its under surface with apreferably rectangular enlargement 7, and the end portion 6 of themember 4 With a depression or recess 8 adapted to receive saidenlargement, the enlargement 9 formed upon the upper surface of the endportion 6 being adapted to engage the enlargement 7 of the member 5,such enlargements being adapted when in engagement with each other toprevent relative longitudinal movement of said members. In order toeffect the locking together of said members in such position I provide aspring plate l() the outer end portion of which is secured, preferablyby rivets 10, to the upper surface of the member 4. The free end portionof said member l0 eX- tends slightly beyond the inner extremity of 70the member 4, the same being adapted to engage the upper surface of theend portion 5 of the member 3, fith an obvious result. Provided at thelateral edges of said end portion of the member l0 are depending earsl1, such evidently preventing relative transverse movement of theadjacent end portions 5 and 6. In order to accommodate the enlargementformed at the adjoining end portions of the members 3 and 4, the uppersurface of the tie l is recessed as at 12.

. as a crowbar, to such an extent as to permit of the reception of theend portion of the member 8 between the inner surface of the same andthe adjacent surface of the member 4, as shown in dotted lines in Fig.3, it being evident that with such construction said parts may bebrought together either by lateral or longitudinal movement thereof.

In the drawing I have shown the member l0 of a considerable length.However, if desired, I may form the same of shorter length. In such'event the ears ll of said member will not be turned down to depending orlocking position until the parts 3 and 4 are in assembled position,which assemblage, .in such construction, may be eected only by laterallymoving said parts into engagement. Disengagement of the members 3 and 4in such construction can be effected only by bending the ears ll intoinitial or horizontal position.

In order to effect the securing of the rails to my device, the members 3and 4 are formed projecting diagonally positioned fasteners 13,preferably punched therein, the same being so formed as to adapt thesame to snugly engage the flanged base of an ordinary rail. of saidmembers are so positioned therein that the adjacent extremities of thefoimer are separated to such an extent as to permit of the reception ofthe base of a rail when diagonally disposed thereto. Hence it is evidentthat the attachment to or detachment from my device of rails may beeffected by movement either of the latter or the former, as clearlyshown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

In order to effect the securing of the device to the tie l the dependingportions i4 of the members 3 and l are provided with elongate verticallyextending slots l5. Said slots are adapted to receive bolts 1G securedin and projecting fiom the extremities of the tie, nuts 17 threaded uponsaid bolts obviously serving as a locking means. The slots l5 are ofelongate forni as shown, in order to permit of the grading of thetracks, such being effected in my construction, by the insertion of a.wedge or the like between the upper surface of the tie and the endportion of the device upon which is supported the rail to be elevated.

Iliile I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my device Ido not wish to be limited thereto as there might be many changes made inthe construction and arrangement of parts without departing from thespirit of my invention comprehended within the scope of the appendedclaims. And although I have designed my device with special reference toits application to cement or concrete rails, I may use the same inconnection with ties of any construction to which it is applicable.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

l.. The combination with a tie and track rails, of a fastening devicefor said rails mounted upon said tie, said device coinprising two platesdetachably connected at their adjoining ends, the outer ends of saidplates being provided with downwardly eX- tending flanges havingvertical slots, bolts The fasteners in each I in the ends of the tiesadapted to adjustably engage said slots; and means on said plates for.engaging the rails, substantially as described.

2. The combination rails. of a fastening device for said rails mountedupon said tie., said device comprising two plates detacliably connectedat their with a tie and track adjoining ends, the outer ends of saidplates being provided with downwardly extending flanges having verticalslots, bolts in the ends of the ties adapted to adjustably engage saidslots, and fastening means on said plates adapted to receive the railflange when oblique to the rail and to tightly engage said flange whenat right angles to the rail, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a tie and track rails, of a fastening device forsaid rails mounted upon said tie, said device comprising two angularplates the adjoining end portions of which overlap, an enlargementformed upon one of said overlapping portions aiid a recess adapted toreceivesaid enlargement formed in the other of said end portions, a lockplate secured to one of said plates for retaining said enlargement inengaging position with said recess, ears depending from the lateraledges of said lock plate for preventing relative lateral movement ofsaid adjoining plate end portions, fastening means formed in said platesfor engaging the flanged base of said rails, and ineans engaging the endportions of said plates for securing the latterito said tie,substantially as described.

4f. The combination with a tie and track rails, of a fastening devicefor said rails mounted upon said tie, said device comprising twosubstantially similar plates the adjoining eiid portions of whichoverlap, an enlargement formed upon one of said end portions and acoacting recess adapted to receive said enlargement formed in the otherof said end portions, a spring locking plate secured to one of saidplates for yieldingly retaining said enlargement in engaging positionwith said recess, ears ldepending from the lateral edges of the free endportion of said locking plate for preventing lateral movement of saidadjoining plate end portions, aiid fastening means formed upon saidplates adapted to engage the flanged base of said rails when the latterare disposed at rightangles to said plates, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT I S MARTIN.

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